For the most part, a good place to be - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
Dec 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

-Small store = less product to worry about -Lots of food to eat -Some neat odd jobs I get to perform -Always something to do -Customers are generally easy to work with -Close feeling with crew

Cons

-Full-timers, in the sense that you have multiple, different personalities and management styles on any given day, or at any random time. Every day you have a different manager with a different style of leadership (if you can call it that with some full timers). It can get very annoying at times. Plus, the full timers you really enjoy working with, usually get transferred out at any time. -Pay, is reasonable, not the greatest. I have seen better from other stores like Wegmans, Harris Teeter, and Costco. -Schedules, unless you have been there for 5+ years, or you have some sort of "Seniority" over others, you will never have any sort of set schedule. You can work 3pm-12am one day, then turn around and work a 9am-2pm shift the next day. The next week, you will work all mornings (5am-1:30pm) and then work all midnights (3pm-12am) the following week. Bottom line, it is difficult to keep up a steady sleep cycle, or attempt to live some of your life without taking days off, but I guess this is just another day in the life of retail. -Stores have generally small floor plans i.e. Tiny backrooms and loading docks, if you have one. During holiday seasons, it gets downright busy and very crowded, not to mention the back-stock that is just stacking up in the back, making everything a chore to do in the back room.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

-Great way to meet people, socialize, and learn customer service -Always tasked with different things every hour -Friendly crew who will always help you to learn and get better at your job -Get a slight pay raise every 6 months -No outside commitments and amazing benefits if you work full time (about 28 hours a week for every 6 months) -Will take time, but find your friend group, stay with them and have fun, you can't please everybody -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

Cons

-Not many, unless you are stuck in a bad store with bad management -I had some good luck of working in 3 great stores, so YMMV -Sometimes can get cliquey like you are back in high school -Getting promoted up to store management may involve buttering up and being a "yes-person" -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

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